Author page: Keith DeMello

The past week’s developments regarding the Pu‘uhonua O Waianae homeless community near the Waianae Small Boat Harbor have once again brought into sharp focus the ongoing lack of leadership by Gov. Ige and his administration.

Meanwhile, one has to seriously question the communication — or lack thereof — between the governor and his point-people in this homelessness crisis. Get on the same page on strategies, especially when dealing directly with people’s lives.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is receiving heat from some lawmakers for greeting a Japanese American congresswoman with the phrase “Konnichiwa” after being asked a question Thursday about continuing funds for the Japanese American Confinement Sites program.

Hawaii officials have repeatedly pointed to a low-level state employee and a breakdown in his agency’s leadership as the main cause for a January missile alert that left hundreds of thousands of islanders thinking they might die in a nuclear blast.

Hawai‘i has one of the highest housing costs in the nation, and one of the lowest rates of homeownership. The state must embrace an active role in creating and subsidizing affordable housing, while streamlining processes that enable people to get the housing they desperately need. The state needs to move forward on transit-oriented development and